Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

insistito

English translation:

resolute

Added to glossary by Lisa Jane
Aug 4, 2014 10:38
9 yrs ago
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Italian term

insistito

Italian to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Ecco allora che in alcune opere i ricordi cedono il posto ad un decorativismo insistente e insistito, caratterizzato da un evidente horror vacui, di un'inquietante piacevolezza.

They are reviewing the works of a painter for an art catalogue.
Change log

Aug 7, 2014 09:04: Lisa Jane Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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resolute

my suggestion:

an incessant and resolute use of.....

but there could be many other options as I think this use in Italian is emphatic and one needs to find two adjectives that say similar things but sound good together.

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Note added at 3 days23 hrs (2014-08-08 10:19:26 GMT) Post-grading
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you're welcome :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Janice Giffin
10 hrs
thankyou Janice
agree Michael Korovkin
20 hrs
thanks Michael
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11 hrs

pertinacious

This word chosen in the sense of "unyielding" as if the artist would not "give in" to his/her aversion to empty spaces.
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21 hrs

deliberate

... resolute is good too
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